Author: tcarlin

Tara Carlin has just graduated from UCL with a degree in English. She has written for the Financial Times, Financial Adviser, and Savage Online. She is an actor and director and has recently set up a theatre company named Shakespeare’s Sister.

Peer Gynt is Henrik Ibsen’s poetic classic: a tale that follows the eponymous Peer Gynt, who dreams of becoming emperor of the world. The story takes us deep into the mountains, from the frozen peaks of Norway to the dusty streets of Egypt. It is an intimate story of love, sin, and ambition. It is…

‘Baby Wants Candy’ is infamous at the Fringe. The format is simple: they take an audience suggestion for a musical title that has never been written or performed before, they then create a musical on the spot… the question is: are they worth the hype?

The Cairns Lecture theatre in Summerhall is a somewhat unconventional venue for a “great night out”. From the second you enter the venue you are required to participate; whilst waiting in my red padded seat, I was handed a plastic shot cup with WKD in. This was the beginning of the show Eggs Collective Get…

“Mouthpiece follows one woman, for one day, as she tries to find her voice.” The concept sounds simple enough, but in a mere 60 minutes Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava explore timeless issues faced throughout the history of the female experience.

Most (sensible) people hide their embarrassing moments from when they were teenagers. They may show a special few some unflattering photos, perhaps even a scandalous diary entry (well, you thought it was scandalous at the time). But Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson have taken bashful nostalgia to the next level by showing all their footage…

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